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was burning at both ends,” Richard recalled. “I said, we need to fix this.”
In 1985. Richard landed an electrical-engineering job at Vint Hill Farms Station m Fauquier County. The new position allowed him to live in Rappahannock full time and commute to work each day. With that, the Antonys really left the city behind.
In many ways. 1985 was a banner year for them. They landed what would become their main customer one Saturday while taking a sales trip along Route 29 in Fairfax. They arrived at Betty’s Azalea Ranch, which reserved the rest of their inventory.
A major industrial revolution also happened at Long Mountain m 1985. Richard took some old washingmachine parts, a few free weights. PVC pipes and more otherwise-unrelated machinery and assembled a mechanized potting line.
Before that, the Antonys had done all the potting by hand. Richard’s invention allowed them to pot 1.200 azaleas a day. In 1998. the potting line attracted the attention of a
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